The Offshore Grill and Coffee House is located right along Hwy 101 in Rockaway Beach, just across from the Wayside parking area.

A few years back, Chef Jake Burden’s family had hit a period of dramatic events when his young son, at the age of two, was diagnosed with leukemia.

At the time Jake was working as a corporate chef in Seaside and his wife Michelle was busy being a founding member of Seaside Brewing Company. When their young son was diagnosed, they both took the time they needed to help him through the struggle of childhood cancer.

Though they both expected to have their jobs when the ordeal was done, when it came time for them to return to work, Jake found he didn’t have a job to come back to, and Michelle had been relegated to part-time employment.

With their other three children, their recovering son, and themselves, it became quickly evident they needed to relocate their passions and careers.

Being a fourth-generation Tillamook Coast local, it was all but obvious. So when the previous owners of the Offshore came to them and offered their location; Jake took it as a sign.

“It was a sign that was offered to us,” Burden said. “It all clicked, it all seemed to just fit. The timing worked so well for us in where we were with everything. Michelle and I found ourselves literally being offered the dream we’d always talked about doing: opening our own restaurant.”

Having grown up in Tillamook and choosing to continue to call the area home, Brian Cameron has spent a good deal of his time and energy into getting to know the hidden corners of the Tillamook Coast. After visiting over 25 countries and spending time honing his creative arts in Seattle and Portland, he decided he wanted to show visitors what Tillamook County has to offer for the outdoor enthusiast and tourists. And so he started his own local tour company, Tillamook Eco Adventures. When he's not showing visitors around, he's a proud father of twins and keeps busy with all kinds of creative endeavors such as writing, painting and photography.